10. clown: yokel. Ironically, Touchstone is also a clown. "Clown" was used to refer to both country bumpkins and to professional fools such as Touchstone.12. we shall be flouting:i.e., we are always mocking, making fun. hold: hold back, refrain.

10It is meat and drink to me to see a clown: by my 11troth, we that have good wits have much to 12answer for; we shall be flouting; we cannot hold.

26. 'So so': When William described his wealth as "so so," he meant that it was satisfactory but not excessive. However, "so so" could also mean "just so," "exactly right," and Touchstone plays upon both meanings.28. wise: "Wise" was used to mean both "having wisdom" and "witty." William thinks that Touchstone is asking if he is witty, but Touchstone mocks William by using the word to mean "having wisdom."

26'So so' is good, very good, very excellent27good; and yet it is not; it is but so so. Art 28thou wise?

TOUCHSTONE30Why, thou sayest well. I do now remember a saying,31'The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man

32-34. The heathen philosopher, when he had a desire to eat a grape, would open his lips: I don't know if Touchstone is referring to a particular heathen philosopher or a typical heathen philosopher, but I think Touchstone's general point is that even a person of very sophisticated intelligence can understand a reality (such as a delicious grape) that is right in front of his nose. In this case, the reality right in front of William's nose is that Audrey, who William wants, is standing beside Touchstone, signifying that she wants Touchstone.

32knows himself to be a fool.' The heathen33philosopher, when he had a desire to eat a grape,34would open his lips when he put it into his mouth;35meaning thereby that grapes were made to eat and36lips to open. You do love this maid?

TOUCHSTONE40Then learn this of me: to have, is to have; for it41is a figure in rhetoric that drink, being poured out42of a cup into a glass, by filling the one doth empty

43. your writers:i.e., all the authorities you might have heard of. ipse: he himself. This Latin word would be quite familiar to any man who had gone to grammar school. William Shakespeare was such a man, but the William in the play is not.

43the other; for all your writers do consent that ipse44is he: now, you are not ipse, for I am he.

TOUCHSTONE46He, sir, that must marry this woman. Therefore, you47clown, abandonwhich is in the vulgar leavethe48societywhich in the boorish is companyof this49femalewhich in the common is woman; which50together is, abandon the society of this female, or,51clown, thou perishest; or, to thy better understanding,

52. to wit: namely. translate: change.

52diest; or, to wit I kill thee, make thee away, translate 53thy life into death, thy liberty into bondage: I will